Display-box for bakery products.



0. K. OXLEY.

DISPLAY BOX FOR BAKERY PRODUCTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY1| 1914.

1,147,41 Patented July 20, 1915.

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Prior to my invention considerable difficulty and annoyance has beenexperienced by reason of the fact thatthe contents of the cans afterpart has been sold does not present a pleasing appearance through theglass front because of the disordered and disarranged condition of theinterior.,

The appearance of the goods through the front of the can has markedeffect upon the salability of the goods and it is the principal objectof this invention to provide each can with means for retaining samplesof thegoods in attractive display positionbehind the glass front untilafter the entire contents has been sold.

A further object of the invention is toprovide such a means which willbe readily removable and which will permit new samples to be insertedfor those previously displayed each time the can is refilled, so that asingle can may successively be used for goods of widely varyingdescription.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means forretaining these samples in place, which may be so cheaply provided thatit may be discarded and new means substituted at each refilling of thecan.

Other objects and advantages ofthe invention will be apparent as it isbetter understood from the following description when considered inconnection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferredembodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specificationFigure 1 is $pecification of Lettersii'atent. 'f lfgpfgntgd July 20 1915a ri s n lsial ari, isssri-a saas a eas elsrat ee i a disp ay has smheer iris my in ention; ig- .2 a vertical sest ga f th same tak n o the lne 2-2 of Fi 5. Fig 3 a hor zon l e ion of th sense taken a the 73 cf Fg- 2:; Fig a Per pecti e vie f the er es of s elf P F kGiiS h n sx e sirom the display has; 1,19 1* is, 5 a s m ar per pss ev sv f he besi espa i io shown rsmev d- The rdi ary d pla ose :fo seeminiee d splayin bakry ill-sel ct such a bis uits c cke s, c k es sa es an o he su h a ties, nre d d with a hi ged sever smiths-vs ass isp ay w ndow in theirfront through which the ,cgi iter ts are visible; which display windowis agreat s s en enes b th t the s le man sa t t sustains he de l v ag da er usual es re to h e hat: eri es f t e sentset in lesi ately ehi glas w ndow Placed n a ula and stated fash n so hat s id en s-ms h tter eenand ma make a b ttera nsa sa e- And by the sxensis of eat c re s ash anem nt ef the ra ers, cookies or other articles may be made in theordinary-display loo-x andthis is often done when the boxes are firstfilled at the factory. But this requires care and some skill, and thearrangement cannot survive the emptying of the box by sales. For as soonas'the box is emptied below the upper edge of the window the carefularrange ment is destroyed. In the present invention I provide againstsuch destruction of the arranged display by the emptying of the box inselling as follows: I make a pocket shelf structure such as is shown atFig. 4 of the drawing and which may be made of paper or pasteboard quitesimilar to the pockets employed in egg carrying cases and which mayconsist of the horizontal shelves A and the vertical risers B, halved ornotched together in the manner of the egg pockets above named. Theshelves and risers of this structure are deep enough preferably tocontain several of the articles to be displayed and the separate pocketsare of lateral dimensions such as to receive and maintain in an uprightposition a single one or a single series of such articles as indicatedat Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing. The shelf structure so constructedis placed in the display box D immediately behind the glass window E andin this position is filled with its complement of articles C. This mayeasily be done by tilting the display box forward, as is usually done infilling such boxes. When this has been accomplished the backingpartition F is placed in the box. Its backwardly extending members G Greach back to the back Wall of the box and maintain the partitionssnugly against the back of the shelf pockets. This partition may be madeof stiff pasteboard, of, a height equal to the height of the series ofshelf pockets, and of dimensions such as to fit nicely in the box. Afterthe shelf pockets have thus been filled and their contents secured bythe backing partition the box may be filled with the articles 0 looselyor irregularly or in any manner desired. And as the contents are soldout, the display is maintained and will continue until the box is empty,the displayed articles being either retained in position to indicate thecontents when the box is again filled, or sold out as desired. Thisapparatus is exceedingly cheap, it may be shipped in the flat, andapplied to any ordinary display box.

I claim: q

-l. A "display cracker can comprising a transparent front portion; andan interior member which is adapted to be removed from within the'saidbody and comprising a series of shelf pockets behind the saidtransparent front portion and a partition for retaining articles in saidshelf pockets, the said shelf pockets consisting of strips of sheetpocketsindependent of the contents of the can and hold the crackers fromlateral movement, and extending rearwardly into the can foronly aportion of the distance to the rear wall of the'can, thereby leavingsubstantially the entire interior of the can empty to be filled withgoods in irregular order, While that small portion of the goods which isdisplayed is maintained in regular order.

2. A display cracker can comprising a rectangular body having a glassfront, a member providing a series of shelf pockets behind saidtransparent front, and a partition disposed behind said member, saidpartition being provided witha rearwardly extending projection adaptedto engage the rear wall of said body. p r

3. A display cracker can comprising a rectangular body having'a glassfront, a member providing a series of shelf pockets behind saidtransparent front, and-apartition disposed behind said member, saidpartition being provided with a pair of rearwardly extending wingsadapted to engage the rear wall of the body. 7

DWIGHT K. OXLEY.

Witnessesz EDWARD J GosTnLLo,

MAURICE R. BORNET.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. c."

